Jazz Scales
Lydian dominant
- Formula
- 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7
- From C
- C D E F♯ G A B♭
- Where it is used
- The fourth mode of ascending melodic minor; fits the 7♯11 chord.
Altered (super-Locrian)
- Formula
- 1 ♭2 ♯2 3 ♭5 ♯5 ♭7
- From C
- C D♭ D♯ E G♭ G♯ B♭
- Where it is used
- The seventh mode of ascending melodic minor; fits altered dominant chords.
Bebop dominant
- Formula
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7
- From C
- C D E F G A B♭ B
- Where it is used
- Mixolydian with a passing major seventh, so chord tones land on the beat.
Bebop major
- Formula
- 1 2 3 4 5 ♯5 6 7
- From C
- C D E F G G♯ A B
- Where it is used
- The major scale with a chromatic passing tone between the fifth and sixth.
Other chapters: Triads · Sixths and Added Notes · Seventh Chords · Extended and Altered Chords · Major and Minor Scales · The Modes · Pentatonic and Blues · Symmetrical Scales · Color Scales
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